Motorists Hell On Wheels TV Show
EVER HAD one of those days when everywhere you go there's a dumb driver getting in your way.
You know the type -- chatting on a cellphone while eating a Big Mac and bobbing his head to the tunes blasting out of his car radio.
He changes lanes without signalling, brakes for no apparent reason, speeds up as you're trying to pass and cuts you off without even a glance in the rearview mirror.
Or maybe, it's a young lady putting on make-up and screaming at the triplets in the backseat while holding a large double-double and the steering wheel in the same hand -- the other hand is holding the lipstick case.
Well, the Discovery Channel may be able to help.
NOMINATIONS NEEDED
It's looking for the capital's worst drivers -- as nominated by their (so-called) friends, family and co-workers -- for season two of its TV series Canada's Worst Driver.
And there's no doubt this region has its fair share. Just look at some of the winners who graced our roadways last summer:
In May, a man led police on a high-speed chase the wrong way down Hwy. 417 before doing doughnuts in a west-end baseball diamond. He later struck two vehicles, a traffic light, fire hydrant and cable TV box on Carling Ave. before getting out of the vehicle and trying to escape on foot. He was caught a short distance away and charged with multiple offences.
During an OPP traffic blitz last June, officers busted a 25-year-old man for doing 203 km/h in his Porsche 911 along Hwy. 401 in South Dundas, while another young 23-year-old driver was nabbed for doing 170 km/h in the same area.
During the Civic long weekend, a motorist caught speeding near Renfrew told Upper Ottawa Valley OPP he was trying to beat a passing train. "The train passed five minutes ago," was the officer's retort.
That same weekend, an Orleans man was tagged for speeding twice within 11 minutes.
During the Labour Day long weekend, a man earned himself a night in jail after he approached a RIDE check in Winchester. and yelled: "They (the cops) should be doing something worthwhile."
He was arrested for public intoxication.
OFFICER 'HEXED'
That same weekend, officers pulled a woman over for speeding near Long Sault and discovered she already had six tickets.
Police also busted a 26-year-old Upper Ottawa Valley man during the Labour Day weekend blitz and charged him with a seat belt offence after he was caught driving 90 km/h with his six-year-old son double-buckled on his lap.
Another officer was "hexed" by an unhappy female motorist, while someone else had to wait to issue a ticket to a speeder because the driver was in the middle of a cellphone conversation.
Police also had the unique opportunity to issue a $400 ticket to a motorist who narrowly missed hitting another police officer who was at the side of the road writing a ticket.
OttawaSun
You know the type -- chatting on a cellphone while eating a Big Mac and bobbing his head to the tunes blasting out of his car radio.
He changes lanes without signalling, brakes for no apparent reason, speeds up as you're trying to pass and cuts you off without even a glance in the rearview mirror.
Or maybe, it's a young lady putting on make-up and screaming at the triplets in the backseat while holding a large double-double and the steering wheel in the same hand -- the other hand is holding the lipstick case.
Well, the Discovery Channel may be able to help.
NOMINATIONS NEEDED
It's looking for the capital's worst drivers -- as nominated by their (so-called) friends, family and co-workers -- for season two of its TV series Canada's Worst Driver.
And there's no doubt this region has its fair share. Just look at some of the winners who graced our roadways last summer:
In May, a man led police on a high-speed chase the wrong way down Hwy. 417 before doing doughnuts in a west-end baseball diamond. He later struck two vehicles, a traffic light, fire hydrant and cable TV box on Carling Ave. before getting out of the vehicle and trying to escape on foot. He was caught a short distance away and charged with multiple offences.
During an OPP traffic blitz last June, officers busted a 25-year-old man for doing 203 km/h in his Porsche 911 along Hwy. 401 in South Dundas, while another young 23-year-old driver was nabbed for doing 170 km/h in the same area.
During the Civic long weekend, a motorist caught speeding near Renfrew told Upper Ottawa Valley OPP he was trying to beat a passing train. "The train passed five minutes ago," was the officer's retort.
That same weekend, an Orleans man was tagged for speeding twice within 11 minutes.
During the Labour Day long weekend, a man earned himself a night in jail after he approached a RIDE check in Winchester. and yelled: "They (the cops) should be doing something worthwhile."
He was arrested for public intoxication.
OFFICER 'HEXED'
That same weekend, officers pulled a woman over for speeding near Long Sault and discovered she already had six tickets.
Police also busted a 26-year-old Upper Ottawa Valley man during the Labour Day weekend blitz and charged him with a seat belt offence after he was caught driving 90 km/h with his six-year-old son double-buckled on his lap.
Another officer was "hexed" by an unhappy female motorist, while someone else had to wait to issue a ticket to a speeder because the driver was in the middle of a cellphone conversation.
Police also had the unique opportunity to issue a $400 ticket to a motorist who narrowly missed hitting another police officer who was at the side of the road writing a ticket.
OttawaSun
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